Virtual currencies have finally garnered enough of a following to make the U.S. government react. Bitcoin's a big focus, but even companies like Facebook and Amazon.com may have to take FinCEN's new rules into account.

Mobile marketing technology provider Mobivity Holdings Corp. and electronic check company CheckAlt are partnering to develop mobile check acceptance for merchants, as well as other mobile payments technology.

It’s been a busy month for mobile and online payment technology provider Stripe, which took another step in its expansion plans by partnering with mobile application developer Parse.

Apple Inc. beefed up security features for customers buying applications, songs, videos and e- books from the company's digital stores.

The percentage of U.S. households holding some form of debt declined from 74% to 69% between 2000 and 2011, according to new statistics released Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau.

Zipmark's payment service targets the dying — but not dead yet — paper check.

Pencils and paper aren't normally associated with digital payments innovation—yet those tools may inspire a big project with FreedomPay and Barclays.

Fresh off expanding its e-commerce-focused tablet to multiple payments processors, Leaf has established an app store to sell tech components to merchants.

HOUSTON – Smart Financial CU has selected Bluepoint Solutions’ ImagePoint as its check capture, electronic cashletter processing and check archive solution.

MasterCard plans to charge a digital-wallet fee to third-party payment providers as part of a new registration process, a move Visa's CEO called "totally appropriate" — but Discover says it is on a different path.

The major regional debit networks have unanimously chosen Discover's technology for a common code, or application identifier, for routing EMV debit transactions in the U.S. — but the debate isn't over yet.

MasterCard Inc. now offers a mobile receipt application as part of its Smart Data reporting system, addressing the need for corporate cardholders to file receipts for expenses.

The U.S. Department of Justice's Civil Division will examine the part financial institutions play in fraud schemes by bank customers floating deceptive products, department officials said this week.

One of the first successful adopters of in-store mobile payments and digital rewards, Starbucks plans to launch new initiatives that will expand the company’s loyalty and payment programs across channels.

Heartland Payment Systems and SCVNGR's LevelUp are taking their merchant services and payments bundle, which they earlier tested in a handful of cities, nationwide.

A decline in initial unemployment claims and a rise in real average hourly earnings offset negative forces, keeping the Deloitte Consumer Spending Index steady in February.

Facebook's social network has been as hostile as Twitter's for payments companies seeking to tap into the site's millions of users. But American Express and Chirpify separately sensed an opportunity worth pursuing.

Leaf, a company that offers a payments-specific tablet, is opening to more processors in an effort to lure merchants away from Square and other point of sale acceptance companies.

APPLE VALLEY, Minn. – Wings Financial CU has introduced web-based document capabilities through Integrated Media Management’s Document Exchange.

Visa CEO Charlie Scharf says a card network changing its pricing and rules for digital wallet providers is "totally appropriate to do" as rival payment companies evolve.